Coffee-pot



(No Model.)

W. A. BARRINGTON.

GOFPEB POT.

Patented May 8, 1894.

Nrrnn v.Smfrizs PATENT OFFICE.

VILLIAM A. BARRINGTON, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

coFFEE-Po'r.

lSIPIIGIFICA'JION forming part of Letters Patent No. 5 19,657,'dated May8, 1 894. Application filed June 8, 1893. Serial No. 476,909. (Nomodel.)

`is provided a sack or analogous device for holding the coffee, and acondensing Chamber above the same, and it has for its objects amongothers to provide a coffee pot which shall be simple in its constructionand hence easlly and cheaply manufactured, and by the use of which thestrength of the coffee will be evenly extracted and the beverage willretaln all the fine fiavor and aromatic oil of the coffee maling thesame bright and clear as wlne and glving to ita better flavor than here-4tofore.

I suspend within the pot proper a sack in which the ground coffee isdesigned to be held and in this sack above the cotfee I provide aperforated spreader which has a saucer-shaped central portion whichserves both as a handle by which the spreader maybe taken out or placedin position and asa col" lector of the water from the funnel above andfrom which saucer' the water is spread evenly over the perforatedspreader. Above the sacl: and spreader is a condensing chamber deslgnedto contain cold Water and which completely covers the top of the potproper so as to condense every particle of the steam or vapor whicharises from the coffee when the bolhng water is poured yupon the coifeethrough a funnel which passes through an opening in the center of thebottom of the condensingchamber. This condensingchamber may assume anydesired Shape, preferably dome-shaped as shown, and the funnel;

which is made removable, is supported centrally therein and extendsnearly if notquite to the top thereof, in all cases above the water linethereof, the condensing chamber havlng an opening in its top which isclosed by a cap which hasla flange which embraces the upper end of thefunnel and `,keeps the latter steady. The funnel need not, however, ex-

tend upward sufticiently to be embraced by the flange of this cap.

, Other objects and advantages of -the invention will hereinafter appearand the novel features thereof will be specifically defined by theappended claims.

The invention' is clearly illustrated'in the accompanyingdrawings,which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisspecification, and in which- Fgu're 1 is a substantially centralVertical section through a coffee pot embodying my invention. Fig. 2 isa plan with the condensing chamber removed and the handle` and spoutomitted.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in both of the views.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates acoffee pot provided with a handle A' and a spout A2 of any approvdconstruction. i

B isa sack or holder for the coifee; it is designed lto be detachablysupported within the pot in any suitable manner, as, for instance, byhaving its month provided with a Wire b which serves to keep the samedistended and this Wire resting upon the inwardly-extending projectionsb' which may be pins passed through the wall of the pot and soldered toprevent escape of steam.

O is a perforated, preferably metal, spreader, designed to fit withinthe sack 'B and to be there held by engagement therewith at a pointabove the top (see line y-y) of the ground coffee as shown inFig. 1 andupon the upper face of this spreader preferably centrally thereof asshown, is a saucer-shaped parfO' which serves as ahandle by which thespreader may be manipulated and it has afurther function of catching thewater as it falls through the funnel above and from thence it overtlowsupon the spreader as indicated by the arrows 'in Fig. 1.

D is the condensingchamber; it has a downwardly-extending flange d whichis designed to fit quite snugly within the'upper end of Y the pot asshown in Fig. 1 and it has also a horizontal flange d' which rests uponthe upper edge of the body of the pot. The bottom of the chamber hasacentral opening surrounded by a tapered nek or boss D' into IOO which isfitted the tapered end of the funnel E which extends up within thechamber any desired distance but always above the water line x-x of thechamber and preferably to nearly the top of the Chamber as shown iu Fig.1, so as to be embraced by the depending flange f of the cap or cover Fwhich closes an opening' in the top of the oondensing chamber as shown.The condensingr chamber may assume any desired shape but it shouldextend over the entire surface of the top of the pot so as to readilycondense every particle of steam or vapor which may arise.

W'ith the parts constructed and arranged substantially as above setforth the operation is as followsz-The ground coffee is placed in thesack B and the latter is supported within the pot as shown. Thecondensing chamber is placed in position and cold water placed therein,say to the line V.76-00, and, the spreader with its saucershapedreceptacle having been placed in the sack above the cofee, the funnel isinserted in its position and boiling water poured thereinto, from whichit falls onto the a receptacle O' from which it overliows onto thespreader and from thence through the perforations is evenly distributedon the ground cotfee in the saok. When the boiling water has beenintroduced the cap or cover F should be placed in position so as toprevent escape of any steam or vapor, which, arising, is rapidlycondensed upon the under side of the oondensing Chamber and falls backinto the sack and upon the coffee.

W'hat I claim as new is- 1. A perforated spreader for a cotfee pot,substantially dish-shape'd and provided upon its upper face with areceptacle serving also as a handle, as set forth.

2. A condenser for a coft'ee pot formed with a downwardly extendingflange, a horizontal fiange and having central openings in its bottomand top and a movable cover for the upper opening with a dependingIiange, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM A. BARRINGTON.

Vitnesses:

HEATH SUTHERLAND, L. C. HILLs.

